big devil holmes

Chapter 160 What About Above the Law?
oath
The oaths of the empire are real and have extremely high standards of execution. Although the oaths of most people will not be cared about, the oaths of a priest of the Holy See must be the most important group that attracts the most attention.

Catherine's hand representing the oath was slowly lowered, like a tenacious and magnificent building collapsing.

But the roar of the falling building just fell on the ears of others, while Catherine herself did not have any complicated emotional changes, but was calm and indifferent, just like picking a leaf by the side of the road, but was accidentally taken away by the wind. She just looked at the empty fingertips and smiled lightly.

It was such a casual scene that stunned those who were lying on the ground crying, staring blankly at the woman in front of them, almost forgetting the pain in their bodies.

A clergyman, a devout battle nun, the feats, wealth, respect, and faith that are exchanged for countless times between life and death. These are the most precious things for anyone, and countless people want to pursue them all their lives.

That's it. Abandoned?

Yes, ditched. Voluntarily, without even any hesitation.

Catherine used such an extremely cold and ruthless act to tell everyone in the laboratory that she didn't care about anything. She was already ready to face any difficulties, and she was also ready to abandon everything.

Sherlock looked at the woman who had given him arrogance and prejudice, and suddenly smiled. He wanted to take out a cigarette, but this is a laboratory and smoking is not allowed, so he could only laugh more happily.As for Vice President Hulk not far away, at this moment he was motionless in surprise, and even felt a little cold in his body. He stared blankly at Catherine's face. After a while, he realized that he had forgotten to breathe, and his lungs instinctively expanded quickly. The cold wind passed through the organs, causing several coughs.

Sure enough, this woman was just like her father!
Dean Darwin was able to abandon all her own for a crazy idea, and resolutely devoted more than 30 years of time and effort, and her daughter is now also paranoid because of an unfounded idea, and started to investigate a non-existent murder case.

The same stubbornness and determination, not even giving himself a little way out.

But if this kind of stubbornness reaches the extreme, it seems to be able to show some kind of strange toughness. Vice President Hulk thinks that he does not have this kind of stubbornness, so he is angry and looks at the calmness of the woman in front of him, as if seeing the person who has oppressed him for most of his life.

"Very well. I'm waiting for the day when you and your father's death will be a laughing stock."

The vice president said coldly, then turned around and walked out of the laboratory, ignoring the security guards who were struggling to get up.

On the contrary, Catherine looked at those people with a faint smile on her face, but raised her chin slightly, showing an indescribable pride.

"Do I need to help you contact the infirmary?"

"No need."

One of the people who was closer said, clutching his shoulder in pain, he put the dislocated joint back.

The deputy dean has already left, so there is no need for them to stay here any longer. After apologizing slightly to Miss Catherine, they supported each other and walked towards the gate.

And during this process, they looked at Catherine with respect in their eyes, not the kind of respect a soldier would have for a powerful clergyman, but something deeper and more indescribable.

At the same time, someone looked at the private detective standing next to Miss Catherine.

In the short contact just now, these people have already clearly felt that the other party has been trying hard to suppress their own strength, otherwise, they must all have to explain here.

At this point in my thoughts, while expressing my gratitude to him, suddenly some men like to speculate. They don't know why Miss Catherine chose a little-known private detective among so many powerful people. Maybe they can see the stronger strength hidden in this person, but if there are other careful thoughts, it seems that they are not at a disadvantage.

Just like that, the vice-president of the School of Life Sciences rushed to his face with anger, and then walked away with even stronger anger. He couldn't handle her father when he was young, and finally exhausted him to death. Now he finds that there is no way to take the daughter of the other party. I really don't know if this respected old professor can sleep after returning home.

But no one cares how he sleeps.

Because in the afternoon of that day, a piece of news in a newspaper almost set off a sudden landslide and tsunami in the entire empire.

"Emperor Emperor Transposition Ceremony, will be held at the end of this year"

It's such a simple title
The holy magazine even published a separate issue for it.

Because in the entire sacred calendar, the date of the Transposition Ceremony has never been changed, but this time, it was suddenly brought forward by more than four months.

No one knows what this means, but it is conceivable that the next day, countless versions of rumors will pop up like weeds after the rain, and occupy 90% of the conversations of the citizens of the empire after dinner.

On the cover of the entire page of the holy magazine, the heads of the two people were put together.

On the left is an old man with a gray beard and friendly eyebrows and eyes. In the pupils that have turned white due to the baptism of the years, there is no sense of age and powerlessness. Instead, they look down on everything under the sky like white flakes in the clouds. The wrinkles that record countless times are also like countless mountains and valleys on the empire's territory.

The most powerful emperor in the holy calendar records of Augustine the Great, he has guarded the great existence of the empire for nearly a hundred years. Even because he is too dazzling, after several generations of changes, his image has become the inherent symbol of the emperor of the empire.

It's like the emperor of the empire should be like this, and will always be like this.

And on the other side of the newspaper.

Even though he was over fifty, the challenger, who was a little greener than Emperor Augustine, was leaning sideways, smiling and facing everyone who read the newspaper.

Some people looked familiar with this person, but they couldn't remember it for a while, until they were reminded by someone with a good memory beside them, and finally realized it.

Isn't this the one who is said to want to set off an energy revolution?

It's called. What's it called Franklin?
No one seemed to have noticed before that he turned out to be the challenger to face Augustine the Great this time, so at this moment, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

But Sherlock would definitely not be surprised. He even knew that this person with a Ph.D. in energy had a brief encounter with Moriarty, and used some extremely weird method to save Moran's life.

From this point of view, the dignified holy son of the Holy See also showed some inclinations that should not appear in the transposition ceremony.

At this time, Sherlock was sitting by the window of a restaurant, looking at the newspaper in his hand, thinking for a while, but he didn't pay attention to the challenger whom everyone was very concerned about, but focused on looking at Augustine the Great, as if he felt that this great king hadn't changed much since he was a child until now.

It's already noon, and the investigation always has to eat.
Catherine was sitting opposite him, also holding a newspaper in her hand.

Suddenly, Sherlock asked:
"You said. If the holy son of the Holy See dies, who will benefit the most?"

Catherine frowned, not knowing why Sherlock asked such a question, but she still thought about it for a while, and happened to see the picture on the front page of the newspaper: "The Emperor of the Empire?"

"Why do you think so?" Sherlock smiled.

"The empire and the Holy See are not very harmonious. If an important person on one side dies, the other side must benefit."

Sherlock nodded: "Yes, this is the answer that even those freight workers on the dock can think of."

"So why are you asking this?" Catherine looked suspicious: "Also, why do you look frowning."

Sherlock sighed slightly, looking at the flow of people outside the window, he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long while, he finally muttered leisurely:

"Criminals are criminals because they have laws over their heads, so they can be convicted, and naturally they can be punished according to the law."
But what about someone who is above the law?
For them, is there a concept of 'crime'
If there is no more, then how to sanction it? "

(End of this chapter)